Listen to our interview with Captainmath of Pike County, PA. We ran into CaptainMath during the "Geocoinfest 2008 - Pittsburgh (GC17H2A)" and spoke with him about Geocaching in Education during Episode 79 of the "Geocaching Podcast." His first GPSR (Garmin GPSMap 60CS) was purchased mostly to assist in navigation, but he's now upgraded to the Garmin GPSMap 60CSx for Geocaching. He's looking toward the next upgrade and possibly one of the Garmin Oregons. He's a Macintosh User but runs Windows and GSAK for his Geocaching. Since his PDA died though, he's using his Apple iPod Touch and MacCaching to keep track of cache information. Some of his favorite Geocaching took place during his attempt to complete "The Pennsylvania All Counties Challenge (GC10YN8)." One of his favorite cache finds is the "Rocky River Cache (GC1903)" for its rich history and cool view. For a brief period this past summer, he was rivalling the find rate of CCCooperAgency and nearly burned himself out on Geocaching. As for event, the "Tri-State Treasures" events are a favorite, in part due to its location near the "Tri State 1942" benchmark which marks the meeting of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. He's a fan on the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Penguins. "A Beautiful Mind" was probably his favorite movie of all time, but on television he enjoys watching "The Office," "American Gladiators," "Star Trek," and "Night Court."

Listen to our interview with James Bridger of Nebraska's Sandhills. They started with Letterboxing and is looking at using the Colorado or the Oregon GPSr. His favorite thing to bring along is a Fishermans Vest and he really enjoyed caching in North Platte. His favorite caches are his puzzle caches: "Never Say Never Again" and "You Only Live Twice." He has run into other cachers including Plains Drifter 358 and remarked on the oldest cache in Kansas: "GC30 - Mingo."

Listen to our interview with goblindust of Washington. He got his nickname in Australia. He found out about caching after discovering a cache in Portland Oregon. His first find was a multi, "Harpers Dregs." He started using an eTrex Legend but has since upgraded to a GPSMap 60CSx. He uses Cachemate while on the hunt. His favorite hides are: "Dr. Who Hidden Cache," "Dr. Who Sibling," and "Skullduggery!!!!"
Thanks to listeners Bass_Chaz (interviewed on episode 12 and host of Granite State Geocachers Community Podcast), Dan_n_Stef (interviewed on epsiode 86), Icenrye (interviewed on episode 17 and host of Icenrye's Geocaching Videozine), iTrax and FoxTail (interviewed on episode 15 and host of Podcacher), jenniferQp, RapidEye, redlights (interviewed on episode 97), and The Spindoctors (interviewed on episode 20 and host of Geotalk) who sent in their greetings for our 100th episode.

Listen to our interview with Fire-n-Air Cachers of Central New Jersey. He uses an Magellan Explorist 500. Using your Smartphone for Geocaching, two tools were discussed: Geocache Navigator and Cacheberry. Their dream location to cache in is Ireland and the cache there that was mentioned is Declan's Walk Cache. Their first hide was "I want to grow up to be a GeoCoin" and their favorite hide is "Swimming with the Dolphins." The only time they met another cacher on the trail was when they found the "Enduring Freedom' cache." Their first event was a CITO.

Listen to our interview with Geoaddict of Chelsea, Michigan. He got started with caching from GIS Day 2005 celebration placing geocaches in parks (Washtenaw County GIS and GIS Day). His GPS's include the Magellan SportTrak Color, Magellan SportTrak Map, and Magellan Explorist 100. The first cache he found was the Random Kindness Cache and he ran into Nurse Nanna on the trail. He likes to leave sigcards behind advancing other resources such as: Cache-a-Maniacs, Geocaching Creed, and Podcacher. GeoAddict loves to cache in Stinchfield Woods owned by U-of-M and wants to cache in the Rocky Mountains Area. Amongst some of his hides are Healthy Communities Puzzle Cache, and Michigan Steps Up cache. He enjoys caching in Kensington Metro Park and is friends with both Sludge_Shoveler and Beenhere.
Also mentioned on this episode is Scoot the Frog and past guest MonkeyBrad's 6th Annual Haunted Hayride & Caching Cookout event (GC1GJQ4) coming up on November first.

Listen to our interview with redlights of Southern Maryland. One of his favorite first caches was Time is the Key (GCPZKX) cache. He started with a Magellan Meridian Gold GPS and currently uses a Magellan Explorist 210. For his signature item, he uses a customized rubber stamp. During caching he has learned many lessons, including to not lose your car keys on the trail. Amongst his dream-caching locales are: Florida - Disneyworld, Scotland, Australia, Hawaii, and Alaska. Some of the caches that he has hid include Jo-El Acres (GC109PW) cache, Rock the Boat (GC1F4V9) cache, and Stroll Through the Solomons (GC14M63) cache. Redlights enjoys the Bond Series of Films, Star Trek Films, Mythbusters, Cities of the Underworld, Hogans Heroes, and M*A*S*H. Amongst his favorite musical groups is Dream Theater.

Listen to our interview with briansnat of Northern NJ. He started with a eTrex Legend but eventually upgraded to a Garmin 60CSx. Amongst his travels he was startled and pleased to find Thomas Edisons Iron Works old building, found while caching and very near his home. When not actively caching, he enjoys Turner Classic Movies.
Also mentioned in this episode was the Cache-A-Maniacs Coin Pre-order which wraps up on November first.

Listen to our interview with erslersl of Netherlands. Her favorite and most fun cache was her first multi, "Tussenstop." She began caching with a Magellan Explorist 100 and would really like to visit Little Rock, AR for the interesting topological features. Her favorite musical groups are Hillsong and BarlowGirl.

Watch our interview with Ekitt10 of Central Jersey. They discovered Geocaching by reading about it in Games Magazine. Amongst the caches discussed in this episode are: Balls of Fire Cache - New Jersey, County Challenge, DeLorme Challenge, and Choreographed Chaos Cache.

Listen to our interview with Jodster of Holiday, Florida. We interviewed her husband Montu Rider on CAM048. They enjoy working on the Holiday Florida. They both enjoy watching cachers take on their favorite multicache, Excalibur. Jodster's favorite TV show is Throwdown with Bobby Flay and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -- all of them!

Listen to our interview with icefrog. Their favorite hide is "Seperated at Birth" (GCYVQW). They got into Geocaching from a BH&G Article. They commented on "Geowoodstock 4" (GCRRC6) and expressed affection for the Pocohantas State Park in Virginia. They have created a cafe press series of products with the "Cache till you crash." Finally they shared their enjoyment of watching Mythbusters on Discovery Channel.

While we work out the details of the general sale (a.k.a. figure out a way to handle payments other than PayPal) we've re-opened the pre-orders for the Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoins. Pre-orders will be accepted through November first. Pre-orders will save the order fee and pay only the actual estimated postage (during the general sales period buyers will pay an order fee and additional shipping fees to cover the materials and extra payment processing fees). So get your order in soon for one of the Cache-A-Maniacs or Cache-A-Manaics Limited Edition Geocoins.

The pre-order process is fairly simple; E-mail us your mailing address and how many of each coin you'd like and we'll reply with an invoice to print and mail to the PO Box. Each of the regular coins is $10 USD, and the limited edition copper coins are $15 USD. Once your request has been received we'll calculate the actual estimated postage and e-mail you the final total. Drop a check or money order in the mail to our PO Box. Coins are ready to ship now -- once as the check has been processed we'll mail out the coins. That's all there is to the pre-order process

Listen to our interview with Dosido of Massachusetts. He uses a Garmin Colorado 400t but started out with the Magellan add-on GPS unit to the Handspring Visor. His favorite hides include "Palmer History Tour" and "The Greater Palmer Fall Foliage Tour - The Multicache" as well as his events, such as, "Winter Warmup Event." His favorite finds include the "Hungry Tarpon Cache" and the "Maine Pirate Quest."

Listen to our interview with Sokratz of Northern suburbs of the Twin Cities. Sokratz started caching after he listened to Sonny of the Podcacher Podcast on TWiT. Sokratz got his name from the movie "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure." Sokratz Pathtag can be found here. He has enjoyed the "Breakfast Buddies" caching events (GC13ZW1), (GC13ZW0), (GCXFMZ). He also commented on the "Cup of Joe" caching event and referred to two other cachers, "Centris" and "King Boreas."

Listen to our interview with Dumbledore's Army 2006 of Utah. Mikey happens to be Broken W's father. He started out with an early Cobra GPSr and his favorite cache hide is "Draggin a Log" and one of his favorite finds was "Pawsatively Love."

We received and approved the sample coins about two weeks ago and I've been attempting to find the time to get them shot and posted. Below you will find the photos of the Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoin sample.

We received and approved the sample coins about two weeks ago and I've been attempting to find the time to get them shot and posted. Below you will find the photos of the Cache-A-Maniacs Limited Edition Geocoin sample.

We received and approved the sample coins about two weeks ago and I've been attempting to find the time to get them shot and posted. Below you will find the photos of the Cache-A-Maniacs Guest Geocoin sample.

Listen to our interview with TeamGeoduck of the Florida panhandle. August and Elke have gone through a few names before settling on their current name, but they got their start using a GPSR borrowed from work (where he collects dead birds). Now the back seat of the car is their "cache bag."

Listen to our interview with mtrax of Canberra. Paul is one of the few cachers to use a train to find a cache (with the help of the crew). More recently he's been sticking to the car as he and his fellow Cachers travel to other cities in Australia meeting other Cachers and finding the local treasures. Lately he has been working on the OpenStreetMap collaborative project.

Listen to our interview with Dan_n_Stef of Virginia. These music majors got their first taste of Geocaching using a GPSR borrowed from the ROTC program. They're Geocaching took a break while Dan was in Iraq, he had brought his eTrex with him. He's now caching with an eTrex Vista Cx and caching paperless. His former roommate -- Brent Cashell -- recently released a Jazz inspired rock CD (Amazon MP3 or iTunes).

Listen to our interview with Falcon Loader of Maryland. His name comes from his job of loading ordinance on F-16 Fighting Falcons. He has his own series of geocoins and his favorite cache is "Americas Melting Pot.". While caching he brings his regular supplies and a metal detector (http://tinyurl.com/62kt7z). Some of his favorite caches include "Kilgore Falls Earthcache" and "Falcon's Log" cache. He has met other caches, recently Ice Cream Man and madbomber462.

Listen to our interview with ayersfam of Colorado Springs. Eric has hidden two caches so far – A's Cool Cache (GC122CB) and A's Going NoWhere (GC17B8Q).

Listen to our interview with pcaspen of Denver, CO. She discovered Geocaching via an episode of Numb3rs called "Primacy." Her first found cache was Fyr's 109 cache (GC11JEC)." She actively works with Titanic, favorite TV Show is Law and Order: SVU and favorite music group is Show Sponsor: Twin Cities Geocaching Podcast
Content Rating: Clean
Date Recorded: June 14, 2008
Show Notes: Bluedepth

Listen to our interview with S&AT of Cambridge, England. Their favorite cache was a Slovenian Traditional called "Above The Lake (GC13Z10)." They have hidden several caches, "Yosemite Midsummer VIP/CITO Event:Tuolumne Meadows (GCXW3K)" -- and on the Santa Cruz Beach -- "Santa Cruz Seabright Beach CITO (GC15JTF)" -- as well as organizing the WWFM in Cambridge and attending "GeoWoodstock VI (GC134MJ)." They enjoy U2 and The Beach Boys.

Listen to our interview with BRoKeN W of Mountain Home, Idaho. Rick uses GPX Sonar as his preferred method of managing waypoints. He got his father DumbledoresArmy2006 into caching as well. On his Geocoins is the Kanji symbol for Dream. His favorite hide was Blended, Not Stirred Cache (GC16P8H) and his favorite event was GeoRendezvous 2007 (GC13RF6). He also hosted the GeocoinFest Multi Event (Idaho) (GC14WKH) event, and regrets not finding any APE Caches. His favorite band is Breaking Benjamin.

Listen to our interview with FluteFace of Marysville WA. Shortly after recording her interview, we had the chance to meet up with this flute player at Geowoodstock VI. During her interview she talked about how she didn't really get into Geocaching until she got her own GPSR. She's recently received a Garmin Colorado as a Valentine's Day gift and enjoys cache both with or without her family. Just like Firefly03 though, Flutey is really into Geocoins. She's nearly out of her first geocoin and looking forward to making a second soon. Perhaps the best benefit of Geocaching though has been that she's learned that she can do more than she thought she could.
We also thanked Bluedepth for his help with the show notes. Our congratulation on his first year cacheaversary went to ReefPilot having hit caches in 24 states, 2 Canadian provinces, and 4 countries. We also received an e-mail from Jereme who was inspired by episode 60 of the Geocaching Podcast to attempt using Geocaching to work toward a healthier life. He's writing about his progress and experiences on this "SlimCache" blog.

Listen to our interview with FrostG1anT of Alaska. His caching career began on Labor Day 2006 with a few of his friends who joined under the moniker OMGCrew. FrostG1anT enjoys puzzle caches, voluntary cache repair, and CITO. He has a preference for "Stale Caches" which have gone unfound for a month, finds them extra-compelling. SlatRat is another cacher that taught FrostG1anT to enjoy elegantly designed geocaches, such as The Death of Sherlock Holmes. One of FrostG1anT's favorite hides is Save the Cheerleader, Save the World. We also enjoyed a story of gbug66 and his private property cache -- The 466 Cache. When not actively engaged in Geocaching, FrostG1anT prefers to enjoy running and cultivating good relationships with land managers to further Geocaching in his area.

Listen to our interview with KyWildturkey of Southern Kentucky. This Cacher got his nickname from his state and his history of turkey hunting. We spoke with him on the eighth anniversary of the original stash which was about two years after his sixth cacheversary. His first GPSr was an Eagle Explorer. KYWildTurkey uses EasyGPS, Spinner, and Plucker to load up his caches. His most favorite hides were his "Pushing Up Daisies" series of caches, starting with GCECBD. His other hide, near a hospital where the police helped decorate is GCGBMW.
Don't forget to catch the details of our trip to Geowoodstock 6 on www.geocachingpodcast.info!

Listen to our interview with XiaDog of Western Massachusetts. He credits his workmate Bhob for his introduction to Geocachine. He started caching in Massachusetts and quickly ranged through the southern states, making finds in Virginia and South Carolina, finding more caches outside his home state than in. Xiadog mentioned a few noteworthy caches, such as GCG81J, NYS's first cache GC39, a tricky shoreline cache GCXBBK, and his first custom painted cache GC10MZC. Xiadog's most recent event was this past winter, the Western Mass Winter Warmup III Event Cache GC18V1B.
Don't forget to visit our online Web Log at http://dw4ff3.blogspot.com!

Listen to our interview with tlbeers of Japan. Tim (the "t" in "tl") is stationed in Japan and uses his Geocaching to learn more about the island on which he's currently living. A friend showed him how to find and found it a great way to explore Okinawa while stationed there with his wife who is a member of the military. His favorite location he's been caching though was the Blue Mountains of Australia, and his favorite hide is the The Playground Cache (GC142A2) located outside the AFB in Okinawa. Join us for our first interview to Asia!
We also heard from SDAJumpmaster about his WWFM3 attendance.

Listen to our interview with Sandy Hams of East of Portland on the way to Mt. Hood. This couple found Geocaching through the HAM radio buddies and they continue to find caches as a group. They've even purchased a hybrid car to keep their caching up as the gas prizes rise.

Listen to our interview with laewen of South of Stuttgart, Germany. Jan does most of cache finds while running, and for his first few used only Google Maps, no GPSR.

Listen to our interview with Radman Forever of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Chris has become known in the region for the Michigan's Lost Town Series which bring Cachers to some ghost towns in Michigan. This year he and a few other Cachers will be hosting the "Are You Geocacher Enough? Road Rally Event" (GC1A4N1).

Listen to our interview with imfrog2002 of Salt Lake City. Ryan found his 500th cache the afternoon we spoke with him. Those of us following Ryan on Twitter and listening to Podcacher know a little about his recent GPSR problems, but he's recently started caching with the GPSMap 60CSx and loading that and his iPod through MacCaching. Don't missing his descriptions on caching in Dugway, Utah and is problem with a landlord muggle on this installment of the Cache-A-Maniacs.

Listen to our interview with minnesotabrad of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. We spoke with Brad following his first year cacheversary. This dedicated Cacher continued to track down caches even after breaking his arm in the pursuit. While surprised at the quantity of caches in his area, he still loves getting outdoors.

Listen to our interview with GoNorthWest of Kirkland, WA. GoNorthWest has created the Outdoor Resources website with links to all sorts of useful information for Geocachers. He's also released three travelers to share the Geocaching Podcasts with a Geocachers worldwide. Those are TB1CTGR, TB1CTK0, and TB1CTHR.

Listen to our interview with sweetlife of North Eastern Wisconsin. This geocaching couple began their GPS guided trip through waterfall hikes long before they had experienced their first cache hunt. They still love hitting the caches with great swag and scenery, and, well, geocoins.

Listen to our interview with ClickChik of Far northern suburbs of Chicago (a.k.a. the swamps of NE Illinois). We originally ran into this Caching Couple at the Midwest Geobash, but caught up with them via the telephone for this interview. This couple credits their intro to Geocaching to Icenrye's Geocaching Videozine.

Listen to our interview with Team Webguy of Australia. Webguy talked with us on caching with his family and his caching these first four years in the hobby.
We also provided a status update on the Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoins and their Pre-orders.

Listen to our interview with Kaneko of Cincinnati. We spoke with JP about his family caching outings and the benefits they yield.

Listen to our interview with Linda from Kwik and Linda of Hampton Roads Virginia.
Also mentioned on this episode was the new Wherigo platform by Groundspeak, the "Cacher Coffee" episode of the Geocaching Podcast, and the updates to the Garmin Colorado 400t.

Listen to our interview with dragonflys of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. We spoke with the Treasurer of Atlanticgeocaching.com about his caching experiences during these last few years. We also spoke about the upcoming event -- 8th Anniversary Of Geocaching in Canada (GC18ET9) -- commemorating the placement of Canada's first geocache.
We also talked about the Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoin Pre-orders.

Listen to our interview with trustking of Texas Panhandle. We spoke with this Texas Geocacher about his many hides (including one at his office (GC13PHH) and his caches with the local chamber. Also check out our interview with this son-in-law bubba1772.

Listen to our interview with MadPup of Michigan. This excited young Cacher approached us several times at local events asking to be interviewed. How could we resist such an excited Cacher?

Listen to our interview with wvhillbilly59 of Central Illinois. This Cycling Cacher caught our attention through his Geocaching and Benchmark Hunting from your Bicycle website. Join us as we talk about geocaching and benchmarking.

Listen to our interview with bubba1772 of Amarillo, Texas. This Texan has been caching for less but cached from Texas to his parents' home in Michigan. Being in Metro Detroit for the holidays he's been able to experience some snow caching, including our SQ - Wixom Cemetery cache (which is how we found him). We enjoyed hearing his take on some of the differences caching in the warm south versus the snowy north.
Also mentioned in this episode was the creation of memorial coins and the information about coin creation on Oakcoins.com.

We just purchased the Garmin Colorado 400t and spent a day working with it to learn about the unit and hopefully replace Firefly03's ailing Vista CX. In my experiments with the new GPSR I've created a background for the Cache-A-Maniacs (see the image at the right). To transfer this into your Colorado, simply connect the unit to the computer through the USB cable, once it mounts save the image to:
(Garmin)\Garmin\Profiles\
It will then appear as on option under:
Setup: Display: Background: cam.jpg
We'll be returning our Colorado though and replacing the Vista with either a 60Cx or 76Cx depending on the deals we find. While there is much to like on the new unit, the basic Geocaching functionality is missing in favor of the new paperless Geocaching feature which interferes with normal Geocaching. While I'd highly recommend the Colorado to someone looking for a good GPSR for outdoor sports, I'm afraid I can't recommend strongly enough that Geocaching not purchase this unit until basic Geocaching functionality has been restored. I'll be talking about that during the next Cachers of the Round Table and likely Podcacher.

Listen to our interview with plumbrokeacres of British Columbia Central Interior. This recent resident to the Prince George area talks of his experiences since the move including some "Official Run-ins." Plumbrokeacres along with a few of his fellow Geocachers (austinsdad and Stormcloud) have built the PGCachers Website to promote year-round caching in the region.

Listen to our interview with mcrt of Seattle. We spoke with this early adopter and world traveler of his experiences, preference, and more.

That's it! All artwork has been approved for all the Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoings. Below you will find clean versions of the artwork from the mint along with the icon which will appear on Geocaching.com for these coins for both the Cache-A-Maniacs Geocoins.



These geocoins will be trackable with the Cache-A-Maniacs "CM" prefix, share the same icon, and will be available for sale at $10USD for black nickel (top) or $15USD for the Limited Edition copper (bottom). Listen to the coming episodes of the Cache-A-Maniacs for more information.

Progress is being made and we've approved the artwork for the Discovery geocoin. Below you will find a clean version of the artwork from the mint along with the icon which will appear on Geocaching.com for these coins.

The Discovery geocoins will be trackable with the Cache-A-Maniacs "CM" prefix, but are not available for sale. All 250 of these coins will be released to travel the world and meet more Geocachers.

We're still in the early phase of having these coins minted, but we have approved the artwork for the Guest coin. Below you will find a clean version of the artwork from the mint along with the icon which will appear on Geocaching.com for these coins.

The Guest geocoins will be trackable with the Cache-A-Maniacs "CM" prefix, but are not available for sale. These coins will be made available only to the guests on the Cache-A-Maniacs as their thanks for appearing on the show.

Listen to our interview with sillygirl & jrr of Honolulu, Hawaii. We talk with these ladies of South Pacific about their caching conquests, preferences, and travels.

First Year Anniversary Show!
Listen to our interview with daggy of Southern Indiana. You may remember our interview with her husband Deermark back in episode 25, but today we're talking with this Virtual Cache loving Geocacher about her experiences. She and a Geocaching friend of hers formed the "INKY" group to meet fellow cachers. You'll hear that and more on this episode of the Cache-A-Maniacs.

Listen to our interview with Monkeybrad of an ivory tower high atop Monkey Manor in Middle Tennessee. We spoke with this high number cacher who started Geocaching looking for something to do on the third weekend in that foreign city. The pursuit has earned him about a dozen GPSRs through the years, and nearly ten thousand finds. He and his wife, Scoot the Frog, are know not only for being experienced Geocachers, but for their terrific events. We'd love to check out one of their Halloween events (held the first weekend after Halloween, see GC15QEE for this last one). He also talks about two of his favorite hides -- McGuffin's Bluff (GCZ0ZF) and Sledgehammer (GCGNET). You'll want to catch this interview with a Cacher looking for those hidden treasures that the caches bring you to and collecting the experiences along the way.
Also mentioned in this episode was the January 1, 2008 interview of DarrylW4 and Firefly03 on the Geocaching Podcast.

Listen to our interview with jim52 of New Brunswick. Jim's five-thousand find milestone was marked with the **IT'S HERE! JIM52'S 5000th Find!!** event this past August, and he will be celebrating four years of Geocaching this January. Despite a little bad luck on recent caching expeditions, this New Brunswick Cacher continues his quest toward that next find. He also mentioned a pair of favorite caches (GCQCX1 and GCQCWA) featuring the Maine Solar System Model by the University of Maine at Presque Isle.

Listen to our interview with Lostboy1966 of Connecticut. We talked with this Geocacher who loves his hides about his experiences in both hiding and seeking caches. Connecticut Cachers might know him from his "Presumed Dead" series of caches, while listeners of the Podcacher Podcast will know him from the "Little Green Men" from Show 125.0. Of course we have to send our congratulations to him on recent second year Cacheversary!
Also mentioned this episode is the 2nd Annual Starkey Park Geo Event (GC17VY3) hosted by Jodster, Montu Rider & Family.

Listen to our interview with Kili or bust of Dublin, Ireland. Kili shares some of his caching experiences including stories with his caching buddy Hezekiah and his favorite hide, the popular Castleknock. Check out more of his experiences through his geocaching blog.

Listen to our interview with Team GeoBlast of Hawaii. Mike talks about their start in Geocaching through an accidental find, and shares some experiences caching in the islands and meeting new cachers visiting from around the world.